"Master, the rum you mentioned has been brewed. Would you like to have a taste?" Kris asked as she walked over with a bottle of wine.
The last time Zeon came back from Calt City, he bought a batch of slaves along the way. Among them, there were a few slaves who knew how to make wine. Due to the lack of technology, the waste honey, which contained a lot of sugar, could not be extracted into white sugar.
It was a waste to just throw it away, so Suhlen tried to use the waste honey to make rum. In his previous life, rum was created from waste honey. At that time, South America planted large amounts of sugar cane, and after the sugar was extracted, a large amount of waste honey was produced.
The plantation owners invented the use of waste honey to make rum. At that time, due to technical issues, the fresh water carried by the sea for a long time would easily spoil. Most importantly, rum could cure sepsis. Therefore, many ships carried a large amount of alcohol. Alcohol could be stored for a long time without spoiling, and it could prevent the sailors from getting sepsis.
Rum spread all over the world with the voyage, and the use of waste honey to make rum became another source of income for the plantation owners.
It was good to use waste honey to make rum. Without using food, they could obtain a large amount of rum. This was good news for Suhlen, which was short on food. In this era, there were very few forms of entertainment. Even in Kalen City in the south, the only entertainment among the nobles was hunting or banquets.
There were also very few bards or circus performances, and even fewer forms of entertainment for the commoners. The most common form of entertainment was to go to a tavern and have a drink. There were many barbarians in Suhlen, all of them strong and energetic. In order to let them vent their excess energy, Suhlen specially built a drill ground for them to spar.
It was the same for the alcohol now. There was another reason. The trade in the territory had begun. As time passed, more and more caravans would arrive, and they would definitely bring a large number of mercenaries and caravan guards. These people would definitely need to find entertainment.
There were no seafood merchants in Suhlen's territory, and there were no young ladies who sold abalone. There was still a long way to go. Therefore, they could only come to the tavern. Mercenaries and guards were paid well, and they spent money quickly. As long as the tavern was built, it would definitely become an important source of income for the camp.
There was no reason not to do something like this that could solve the problem of wasted honey, increase the number of entertainment options, and even make money.
Taking the rum, Suhlen smelled it first. There was a faint aroma of alcohol. He poured the rum out. The rum was amber in color. He tasted it slightly. The taste was not bad. The taste was refreshing and the smell was fragrant. It was much better than the ale he had drunk before.
The ale that Su Lun bought before was cheap and tasted a little sour, so the merchants added a lot of water into it. This kind of ale was also the most popular in the tavern, because it was cheap enough. It only cost two copper Nars to drink a cup.
It could be said that the ale was actually water with a little bit of alcohol, which was far inferior to the rum.
"This wine tastes pretty good," Suhlen said in a good mood as he put down the cup.
"This kind of rum is the best one they've ever made." Kris picked up Suhlen's unfinished glass and tasted it.
"How much is the cost?" Suhlen asked. If the cost of this wine was too high, he could only sell it as a high-end wine and continue to make cheap wines.
"According to your instructions, the rum is brewed using waste honey. A lot of water is added to dilute it, and then yeast is added to ferment it. The cost of a barrel of 100 liters of rum is about two Kinnar," Kris said as if she was familiar with it.
Suhlen did a quick calculation. This price still did not have any price advantage compared to ale.
"Master, this rum can be diluted with water. The one you're drinking is not diluted." Kris explained with a smile, "This kind of wine can be diluted by one fold. The taste will be much lighter, but it's still much better than ale."
"Then dilute it by one fold. You can calculate the price." Suhlen agreed immediately. Adding water into the wine was a normal operation in this era. Of course, high-end wines would not do this.
"Make this rum into a low-grade wine and a high-end wine. Change the high-end wine to a better name and mix the taste. We'll sell the two wines together," Suhlen said.
"Okay, I'll go and tell them to do it." Kris nodded.
"Right, give each of the slaves who make the wine 30 points. Give them 50 points for making this wine," Suhlen ordered.
"Tell them to mix the wine as soon as possible."
Kris nodded and left with the rum.
Next, the slaves quickly mixed the two wines according to Suhlen's request. The high-end rum was clearer and almost transparent. It had a strange fruity smell. The taste was refreshing and sweet, and the taste was sweet and fragrant. It was very good.
The taste of the low-grade rum was much worse, but it was refreshing and had a translucent reddish-brown color. From its appearance to its taste, it was still much better than ale. At the same time, the cost of producing it was only ten silver Nars per barrel, which was already close to the price of ale.
The high-end rum was more expensive. After mixing, this kind of rum cost two Kinnar per barrel. Suhlen was going to build a glass factory in his territory and bottle it for sale. He was not going to sell a bottle more than two Kinnar per bottle. One barrel could hold at least two hundred bottles.
Suhlen also came up with a name for this wine, Cold Dew Wine. He also made up a story to raise the price of this wine. This was a common marketing method in his previous world, but it was definitely the first time he used it in this world.
As long as the story was moving enough, and the wine tasted good, this kind of wine would be able to sell quickly. Of course, if Suhlen had enough connections, he could let the king use this kind of wine in court banquets. That way, the effect would be even better. But if he had enough connections, why would he come to this godforsaken place to explore?
After the wine was made, Suhlen immediately began to build a tavern in the town. The location of the tavern had been chosen long ago, and it was ready to start construction. The progress of the tavern was very fast. It only took two days to build a tavern that could accommodate seventy to eighty people.
[Tavern: A town building. A lively tavern can let people relax after a day of work and have a drink. The tavern's appearance makes the town more prosperous. The tavern's existence will attract people who like to drink. Prosperity + 5, Happiness + 5, Information + 5, Security -2. Special Effect: Chance to attract wandering heroes to stay here.]
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